Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on June 9, 2010?
51 free events take place on Wednesday, June 9 in New York City. Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides! Exciting, high quality, unique and off the beaten path free events and free things to do take place in New York today, tonight, tomorrow and each day of the year, any time of the day: whether it's a weekday or a weekend, day or night, morning or evening or afternoon, December or July, April or November! These events will take your breath away!
New York City (NYC) never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment. Check out June 9 and see for yourself. Summer or Winter, Spring or Fall! Just click on any day of the calendar above and you'll find most inspiring and entertaining free events to go to and free things to do on each day of June . Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides!
Some events take place all year long: same day of the week, same time there are there for you to take advantage of. One of the oldest free weekly events in Manhattan is Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen, which happen at noon every Tuesday. Another example of an event that you can attend all year round on weekdays is Federal Reserve Bank Tour, which takes place every week day at 1 pm (but advanced reservations are required). You can take at least 13 free tours every day of the year, except the New Year Day, July 4th, and the Christmas Day. If you are classical music afficionado, you can spend whole day in New York going from one free classical concert to another. If you love theater, then New York gives you an option to attend plays and musicals free of charge, or at deep discount. You just need to have information about it. And we are here to make that information available to you.
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51 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Open casting call for all daters. The show is taping its first episode in New York. Come dressed to impress and show personality. Bring 2 or 3 recent photos of yourself (they will not be returned). You must be over 21 years old. Selected participants will be screened on site by Patti Stanger.
Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional" Five tours daily on the hour.
A hike through the National Historic Landmark District.
Behind the façade of the island’s military structures lie hidden courtyards and stately grounds resounding with echoes from the past. Join a National Park Ranger for this 1.5 hour, 1.5 mile walking experience and discover how the role of the island evolved to meet the changing needs of New York City and the nation.
New York City's best and funniest walking tour. This high-energy tour will take you through the heart of the Lower Manhattan, entertaining you, your friends and family with stories, hidden secrets and relevant information about the Big Apple. The USA’s first capital city, a center of global finance and a tribute to over two centuries of immigration and the American experience - New York City's history is the history of America. And on every step of our tour, expert guides - part professors, part performers - will explain why.
Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
As you promenade through the heart of the Park, imagine yourself living in 19th Century New York City. Learn about the Park's history and how its designers, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, struggled to create the magnificent "Greensward" for the enjoyment of all. Tour lasts approximately one hour.
Joel Forrester is a contemporary two-handed piano player, essaying the stride, boogie woogie, and trance styles. He wrote the theme to NPR's Fresh Air, studied composition with Thelonious Monk, co-founded the Microscopic Septet, and did music for the early films of Andy Warhol.
Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
A hike through the National Historic Landmark District.
Behind the façade of the island’s military structures lie hidden courtyards and stately grounds resounding with echoes from the past. Join a National Park Ranger for this 1.5 hour, 1.5 mile walking experience and discover how the role of the island evolved to meet the changing needs of New York City and the nation.
Depression has become a common disorder in today's hectic world. The good news is there are various treatments and medications available to treat depression and help you feel like yourself again. Drs. Edgecomb and Blackman will present a complete review of depression including symptoms, types of depression, possible causes of depression, treatment options and the journey to recovery.
New York City's best and funniest walking tour…..and it’s Free! Arguably the world's most valuable, busiest and most crowded pieces of real estate, Midtown Manhattan is what most visitors think of when they think of New York City. Home to some of the city's most iconic architecture, from Gothic to Post-Modern and from Beaux-Arts to Art Deco (lots of Art Deco). it's not difficult to understand why. But just behind the massive facades, lie facinating histories is just waiting to be peeled away.
You'll be amazed at what you'll see.... a hidden bench that tells time, miniature boats powered by the wind, a magnificent sculpture celebrating fresh water, and a glorious drinking fountain for the city's equine population. These are just some of the the sites along the way on this east to west walk through the park. Tour is approximately one hour long.
If you’ve been thinking about creating a website but don’t know where to start, this is the seminar for you. We’ll talk about how you go about creating a website and the software you would use to do it. They’ll talk about what HTML is and how to use Adobe Dreamweaver to layout your webpages and style your text. They’ll show how to use Adobe Fireworks to create buttons and other graphics for your webpages. Don’t know the difference between a GIF and JPEG image? Don’t worry, they’ll explain that too.
Discover your artistic side and win free gifts. Come to learn about courses, talk with teachers, check out the airy, light-filled studios, and watch 10-minute demonstrations of various art techniques. Art demonstrations will include: Welding (steel sculpture), Portrait Drawing, Pottery and Stone Carving. Free gifts will be given out throughout the evening – donated from local art shops Pearl Paint and Utrecht Art Supplies. Art School student artwork will also be on display in our gallery, as part of Out of the Studios, our annual exhibit showcasing our students’ work.
Join Michelle Edery from Toastmasters for this interactive hands-on workshop based on a proven method for developing effective communication skills in public and one-on-one. This workshop focuses on using the C.O.S. method to create a bond with individual listeners.
The first solo exhibition in New York for Shen Shaomin, whose unique conceptual works will simultaneously be exhibited at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York as well as in the Sydney Biennale.
The delightful Broadway diva, currently part of the cast of Phantom of the Opera, offers us some of her new CD collection of theater songs ranging from Victor Herbert to Stephen Sondheim.
Beyond The Steps follows Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater during a pivotal time in its history as the company ventures abroad while establishing new roots at home in New York City. The film tells the story of what it takes to keep dance modern, art relevant, and a legacy alive.
The phrase "in a New York minute" is virtually synonymous with all that is fast-paced and technologically advanced. As the center of commercial and industrial activity, New York City developed a particular preoccupation with time, and hence became a showplace for an astonishing array of timepieces. From tower clocks to time balls, this richly illustrated lecture chronicles the history of public clocks in New York City.
Brianna Beerman, a young African-American florist and new single mother, moves in with Dr. Minas Nolan, a white doctor and new single father. Their two babies--ailing, thoughtful Tommy Beerman and strong, selfish Eric Nolan--grow up together until the two children are six. At that point Brianna dies, Tommy's abusive father takes him away, and the boys end up leading very different lives. But the bond between them survives across racial and class boundaries as well as considerable personal misfortunes.
End your day with relaxing Hatha yoga in a beautiful sunset setting. Suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring your own mat.
Poetry and sensuality, politics and Krazy Kat take center stage with Lambda Finalist Tom Healy (What the Right Hand Knows), American Book Award-winner D.H. Melhem (Art and Politics/Politics and Art), and Rhodes Scholar Monica Youn (Ignatz).
The New York debut of this three-channel video installation by Elisabeth Smolarz. Smolarz probes the shift in expectations and slippage of memory experienced by East Germans in the two decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall in this insightful installation. The work explores the peculiar phenomenon of Ostalgie, a nostalgia for the "good old days" of the former East (Ost) Germany.
The bestselling writer's latest thriller brings back John Corey, his special agent for the Anti-Terrorist Task Force from The Lion's Game, who will stop at nothing once again to find and kill the terrorist know as The Lion.
With Karl Rove's and Laura Bush's books out recently, and George W. Bush's own Decision Points due out with much fanfare in November, this is a perfect time to learn what really happened in this country the past eight years. Learn how the staggering Bush epoch evolved from unexamined occurrences over the past half century, and how it is still influencing White House policy today. Learn the back story to current controversies, from the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster to the continuing hostilities in the Middle East. Learn about CIA-financial-military networks and their ability to shape presidencies. The talk will be followed by an extended question and answer session and then a signing.
Kinzer has built a career out of books on our nation's interruption of the sovereignty of others. Most famous was his All the Shah's Men, most recent his comprehensive Overthrow. Here he gives us a superbly timed examination of the relationship between ourselves, Iran, and Turkey.
The soccer World Cup is the planet's biggest and most unifying event; yet no one on this side of the pond has ever set out to explain comprehensively why it matters and what is likely to happen this time around. World Cup 2010 lays it all out for both the impassioned fan and anyone who has ever wondered why most of the world stops for a month every four years to follow "the beautiful game." The book's unique premise is that soccer is a window into the soul of nations and that World Cup teams are reflections of their cultural heritage. In the same way that one can learn a lot about, say, Italy or Spain through its language or its cuisine, one can do the same through soccer.
Ashbery (pictured) has won nearly every major American award for poetry and is recognized as one of America's most important, though still controversial, poets.
Muldoon is a post-modern poet from County Armagh, Northern Ireland. He has published over thirty collections and won both a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the T. S. Eliot Prize.
Please come out for an evening of poetry and relief for the gulf! Emerging NYC poets will share work inspired by the BP oil spill and other original works.
The upcoming Hungarian musicians István Várdai and Balázs Fülei. The program features well-known classical pieces but also will have an emphasis on contemporary music.
In connection with the world-famous American Museum of Natural History, this is the gripping true story of the race to the South Pole between Amundsen and Scott, told with thrilling detail and insight.
King Leontes is undone by his own jealousy in this classic directed by Michael Greif. With Gerry Bamman, Francois Battiste, Linda Emond, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Bill Heck, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Byron Jennings, Heather Lind, Hamish Linklater, Jesse L. Martin, Nyambi Nyambi, Matthew Rauch, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Richard Topol, and Max Wright.
Featuring:
Paper print copyright deposits (7 min, 1901-04): Star Theater (1901), Move On (1903), Dog Factory (1904).
The Lonedale Operator (17 min, 1911)
Her Crowning Glory (14 min, 1911)
From Accuracy First (5 min, 1928)
An anthology of films from American film archives featuring rare silent-era, Landmark independent, avant-garde works, and other film types invented during 1910s, 20s, and the 1930’s.